World copper production deficit widens ICSG

Dec 20, 2007 | 01:42 PM |

The world's refined copper production deficit widened for the first nine months of this year as Chinese demand continued to accelerate, according to latest figures by the International Copper Study Group (ICSG), Lisbon, Portugal.

The production deficit for the January-to-September period increased to 265,000 tonnes from a surplus of 21,000 tonnes in the same period last year. But after making seasonal adjustments for world refined usage and production, there was an apparent production deficit of....





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